Spoon holder



March '25, 1952 C. A. WIRTANEN ETAL SPOON HOLDER Filed Nov. 9, 1948INVENTOR. Mam/v4- 01271? M/FfA/Vfifi M V we AITO/SNZYJ.

Patented Mar. 25, 1952 sPooN HOLDER Carl A. Wirtanen and Edith a.Wirtanen, Mount Hamilton, Calif.

- Application November 9, 1948, Serial No. 59,142l

3 Claims. 1

The present invention relates to improvements in spoon-holders.Itconsists of the combinations, constructions and arrangement of partshereinafter described and claimed.

It is a well-knownfact that a mixing spoon often slips downwardly intothe contents of a bowl when the spoon is placed in the bowl and leftunsupported. Frequently, the spoon will become submerged in the contentsofthe bowl, causing inconvenience tov the cook and soiling .of the spoonhandle. An object of our invention is to provide a spoon holder that maybe readily and easily engaged over the. rim of a mixing bowl, or thelike, and utilized for removably supporting a spoon with the handle ofthe latter extending upwardly. Thus, the spoon will be available forinstant use and protected against accidental slippage into the bowlcontents. It is further proposed in this invention to provide aspoon-holder of the character described, which issimple in construction,durable and emci ent for the purpose intended, and attractive in design.

Other objects and advantages will appear as the specification continues,and the novel features of the invention will be set forth in the claimshereunto appended.

For a better understanding of our invention, reference should be had tothe accompanying drawing, forming part of this application, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of our spoonholder;

Figure 2 is a vertical section taken through a mixing bowl, disclosingour holder supporting a spoon; and

Figure 3 is a plan view of Figure 2.

While we have shown only the preferred form of our invention, it shouldbe understood that various changes, or modifications, may be made withinthe scope of the annexed claims without departing from the spiritthereof.

Referring to the drawing, we have disclosed a bowl, or other receptacle,indicated generally at on the bowl, the lugs 14 and I5 rest upon theinner and outer surfaces Illa and Illb, respectively, of the bowl wall(seeFigure 2). v

The interiorly-disposed lug I4 has an extension I 4a projectingforwardly and substantially horizontally therefrom. This extensionis-"provided with a notch 11 therein having a narrow entrance Ilathrough which a reduced section lBa of the spoon handle l8 may beinserted. Also, this notch has a Wider portion ll b adapted to receiveand grip a'wider section I8b of .the spoon handle when the latter ismoved downwardly in the wider portion of the notch. It will beunderstood that the wider section of the spoon handle could be insertededgew'ise into the notch l1 and then the spoon handle turned until it isengaged by the walls of the wider section llb. I 1 The notch I! isdisposed vertically in the 'extension I'4a with itswider portion Ilb atsuch a distance forwardly of the inner bowl surface ma that thecuppedpart I of the spoon will bearagainst the inner bowl surface when.the spoon is arranged substantially upright. Thus, the extension Ma andthe bowl A both constitute supports for the spoon, as clearly shown inFigure 2.

The bar I I includes a handle l9 extending outwardly beyond theexteriorly-disposed lug l5. This handle is fashioned with concaved grips[9a shaped to be grasped by a persons fingers.

It will be noted that the recess I6 is sufficiently wide to receive bowlwalls of various thicknesses. The lug l 5 is curved so as to followapproximately the vertical curvature of the exterior surface of thebowl, and has a fulcrum [5a at its lower end designed to bear againstthe exterior surface [0b of the bowl.

Having thus described the various parts of our spoon-holder, theoperation thereof is summarized briefly as follows:

The grips I9a are grasped by the cook, or other person, and the lugs I4and [5 are positioned on the interior and exterior surfaces I 0a and Nb,respectively, of the bowl, wall 10. The recess l6 between these lugs ispositioned over the wall of the bowl.

When mounting the spoon C in the holder B, the reduced section |8a ofthe spoon handle is inserted through thenarrow entrance Ila and movedinwardly into the wider portion 1 lb of the handle-receiving notch. Atthis time, the handle 18 of the spoon is moved downwardly until thewalls of the wider portion no of the notch grip the wider section l8b ofthe handle. The cupped part l8c on the spoon will bear against the innerthe other lug bearing against the exterior surface of the bowl wall; theinteriorly-disposed lug having an extension projecting forwardly andsubstantially horizontally. therefrom; the extension having a notchtherein to receive a spoon handle; the bar including a handle extendingoutwardly beyond the exteriorly-disposed lug.

2. A spoon-holder comprising: a bar made to be mounted substantiallyhorizontally across the rim of a bowl, or the like; a pair ofspaced-apart lugs depending from the bar to define a recess therebetweenfor receiving an upwardly-extending wall of the bowl, with one of thelugs bearing against the inner surface of the bowl wall and the; otherlug arranged exteriorly of the bowl wall; the interiorly-disposed lughaving a substantially horizontally-positioned spoon-supporting;extension projecting forwardly from the lower end thereof; the exteriorlug being curved so as to follow approximately the vertical outersurface of the bowl wall, and having a fulcrum at its lower end designedto bear against the outer surface of the bowl wall; the bar including asubstantially horizontal handle projecting outwardly beyond theexteriorly-disposed lug in the same plane as the bar; the handle havingconcavedv grips fashioned in opposing side edges thereof adapted to begrasped by a person.

3. A spoon-holder comprising: a bar made to be mounted substantiallyhorizontally across the rim of a bowl, or the like; a pair ofspaced-apart lugs depending from the bar to define a recess therebetweenfor receiving an upwardly-extending wall of the bowl, with one of thelugs bearing against the inner surface of the bowl wall and the otherlug arranged exteriorly of the bowl wall; the interiorly-disposed lughaving a substantially horizontally positioned spoon-supportingextension projecting forwardly from the lower end thereof; the exteriorlug being curved so as to follow approximately the vertical outersurface of the bowl wall, and having a fulcrum at its lower end designedto bear against the outer surface of the bowl wall; the exterior lugextending materially below the interior lug; the bar including a handleprojecting outwardly beyond the exteriorly-disposed lug.

The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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